The former mining village submerged under Strathclyde Loch

Still from a cine film of Bothwellhaugh, the village that now lies beneath the loch of Strathclyde Country Park, Lanarkshire. The film was made by Joe Griffiths and has been restored by the Scottish Film and Television Archive.

Apart from the few who had a bath, options for washing were to use a sink, a tub placed in front of the kitchen fire or to wait your turn for the nearest communal washroom.

At its peak, the mine employed around 1,400 workers and produced around 2,000 tonnes of shale a day.

Speaking in 1999, one former resident, Tom Eadie, said life was good in Bothwellhaugh “People in the village made their own entertainment. There was no thought of going to different towns and villages. There used to be all kinds of things going on,” he said.

The pit closed in 1959 with residents dispersed. Bothwellhaugh was finally demolished in 1966 and later flooded to create the loch at Strathclyde Country Park.

The only traces of the village today are a memorial cairn, memorabilia and displays in the Countryside Ranger Service Visitor Centre at the Country Park.